Bath curtain holding device



Feb. 18, 1941. J, z BY 2,232,194

BATH CURTAIN HOLDING DEVICE 7 Filed May 15, 1940 ,znvenzar 1 john :7.50363] a.

Patented Feb. 18, 1941 PATENT OFFlCE BATH CURTAIN HOLDING DEVICE John J.Zogby, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application May 15, 1940, Serial No. 335,311

4 Claims.

Bath curtains as used in the customary way with a bathtub are hungusually from a rail mounted at a suitable height above the tub invertical line with the inside surface of the outer wall of the tub. Thecurtain is often in two parts which are drawn together when the tub isLil) being used, as in taking a shower bath. The rush of water from theshower bath causes a violent agitation of the air and of the curtain andthis, or an inadvertent movement of the leather, sometimes results inthe throwing of the lower edge of the curtain outside of the tub withconsequent drip of water on the floor and frequently moving the curtainso that it clings about the person of the bather, so interfering withthe pleasure and comfort of the bath.

My invention is a holding device which will hold the lower edge of thecurtain against the inner wall of the tub and prevent the occurring ofthese disagreeable happenings.

In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 shows in perspective a tub withcurtains and holding device illustrating the use of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the holding device; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the holding device on an enlarged scale.

A bathtub is shown at 5 and a two-part curtain at 6 mounted by usualrings I on a rod 8 so mounted that the curtains supported from it willhang just inside the front or outer wall 9 of the tub. I0 is a holdingbar of suitable metal or other material which is preferably covered witha white rubber coat II and is attached as by a rivet or screw l2 to twoor more (three are shown) fiat steel springs I3, each spring l3 beingcarried by a vacuum cup M of soft rubber to which the springs [3 areattached as by screw and Washer l5, IS, the neck I! of the suction cuphaving a screw-threaded socket to receive the screw.

When the device is to be employed the several suction cups are as shownin Figs. 1 and 2 pressed in a line against the inner side of the frontwall of the tub, holding the rubber plated bar 10 against the rearsurface of the curtain and so holding the two parts of the curtain withtheir edges close together and preventing the curtain from fluttering.The attachment of the vacuum cups is to the wall of the tub just belowthe bot tom edge of the curtains and the bar rests against the innersides of the curtains slightly below the top of the tub wall.

The tub being usually of some smooth vitreous material or of metal, thevacuum cups serve as a very secure means for holding the clamp to thetub. When it is desired, the clamping bar can be pulled by the batheraway from the curtain and tub without dislodging the vacuum cups, andthe curtain then can be pulled out of contact with the holding deviceand thrown to one end or to both ends of the tub, leaving the batherfree to enter or leave the tub. or, the whole clamping device can beremoved by pulling it back with suificient force to dislodge the vacuumcups from their grip upon the inner wall of the tub. The rubber coatingof the clamping bar protects the person or clothing of the bather frominjury by the clamping bar and also prevents corrosion of the bar andmakes it agreeable to handle.

The plate springs I3 are arched in a plane at right angles to the wallof the tub as shown in Fig. 4, so that they pass freely over the loweredge of the curtain and exert pressure to hold the bar Ill only againstthe curtain, and the plate springs are of stiffness to give secureclamping efiect to the bar against the curtain while entirelyindependent of the curtain.

I claim:

1. Means for holding the lower edge of a bathtub curtain comprising abar adapted to press against the curtain horizontally and having atleast one spring attached to it, said spring mounted at its lower endupon a vacuum cup for application to a side wall of the tub.

2. A holding device for the lower edge of a bath curtain comprisingvacuum cups adapted to be pressed against a wall of the tub below thelower edge of the curtain, a flat plate spring attached to each vacuumcup and a clamping bar to which the plate springs are attached at theirupper ends.

3. The structure such as set forth in claim 2 in which the clamping barhas a coating of rubbar.

4. Astructure as set forth in claim 2 in which the plate springs arearched in a plane at right angles to the wall of the tub.

JOHN J. ZOGBY.

